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eliotdrawings · 2 months ago
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happy bi visibility month to my fave bisexuals
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meimi-haneoka · 7 months ago
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Happy birthday Sakura & congratulations for the conclusion of Clear Card Arc!! ✨✨✨✨
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strawberrypancakesco · 9 months ago
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A little Sakura in our lives. Commissions are open!
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ironicvixen · 5 months ago
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Since it's Pride Month, I would like to mention and celebrate one of the first guys part of the community that I saw in the anime. Although at first I thought he was gay, I later discovered that he was a bisexual with good tastes.
Syaoran Li, first you liked a sweet and kind older boy, then you had a "rivals to lovers" with a girl who could tear you in half and I respect that.
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sakuraswordly · 2 years ago
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Knowledge 16.1(Hint guide)
Source: Sonic's portrayal in Shadow's own game
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Also: Source: genius.com/
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Don't wanna feel like Don't wanna think like Don't wanna live like Like someone else Wanna feel like Just wanna think like Just wanna be like Everyone else Couldn't walk away from something broken Tried to find a way to make it good again Only you can make a difference, darling But always... Don't wanna sing like Don't wanna dream like Don't wanna act like Like someone else Wanna feel life Just wanna live life Just wanna live life As someone else Couldn't walk away from something broken Tried to find a way to make it good again Only you can make a difference, darling But always... (Won't someone help me?) — Yeah, I'm feeling down (Won't someone help me?) — Yeah, I'm falling down Won't someone help me? — (Yeah, I'm already down!) Down... Couldn't walk away from something broken Tried to find a way to make it good again Only you can make a difference, darling But always... Couldn't walk away from something broken Tried to find a way to make it good again Only you can make a difference, darling But always...
This is shown in Tsubasa of Phantasia, why Sonic means "Save" Shadow. Even Shadow is happy but Tails agree with Sonic that Shadow is “Broken”.  Broken by Sins Of A Divine Mother shows Shadow how broken he is and doesn't know where is the light that guides him.
Source below: .tumblr.com/forgottensonicfacts
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Source(Below): tumblr.comif-there-is-evil-in-this-world
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This is a well-known quote in the Tales fandom. I often see it credited to Edward D. Morrison and sometimes Mint. But Edward was actually quoting Dhaos when he said that, EDWARD’S full quote being
"Dhaos once said… "If there is Evil in this world, it is not I. It lies in the hearts of you humans". Perhaps, in some sense, he was correct. But that is far too narrow a view. I believe in humans. The very same humans with whom I share half of my own blood." -Edward D. Morrison
After everything that he had personally gone through, Dhaos expanded on his own words in Narikiri Dungeon.
"Yes… I’ve lived with the failure of my own heart. That is a fact engraved in history. Even if I were to go back in time, I would not be able to change this… Truly, if there is evil in this world, it lurks in the hearts of people. Therefor, the most dreadful enemy that can be defeated, is one’s own heart." - Dhaos
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kittysquire · 4 months ago
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OP I GET YOU SO HARD I READ ALL YOUR TAGS YOU ARE SO REAL!!!!!! 💚🩷
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catch you!!!
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shironity · 10 months ago
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I wanted to draw a fight scene with Syaoran and Sakura (this month I'll post mostly shoujo fanarts, probably)
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I see you're taking characters for headcanons! ...may I possibly request some of yours for Fai? Thank you!
Ah my beloved First and Forever Blorbo! ❤️
I've always been kind of team "oops he's still actually a vampire after everything," largely because I think Kurofai should get to have the fun sexy bits without the angst. 😅 Getting his eye back was supposed to cure him, but then he gave up the magic in his remaining eye before he could recover the lost one, sooooo. I think canonically Eye-Muncher Syaoran powered the eye he took up so much that it cured him anyway when he got it back, but it's a fun concept anyway.
Likes cats but is allergic to them.
Never sleeps well unless there's someone else in the room with him. Is a blanket hog.
Becomes an expert in tinkering with and doing maintenance on Kurogane's arm, which ends up translating to him being a pretty good mechanic in relation to a lot of things.
Though he doesn't need to use it much because of Mokona, he's actually really good with languages. He picked up a lot of Kurogane's language during their 6 stranded months, but didn't put it to use because a: he'd already been pretending to be mute around the soldiers and b: he was already starting to freak out about how close they were getting and used the opportunity to try to build a buffer. Post-canon, they get separated again briefly at some point and he just starts rattling away in Japanese and Kurogane isn't sure whether to be impressed or annoyed.
Thanks for the ask!
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completeoveranalysis · 1 year ago
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Oh!! I love this too! I was going to make a joke about Lava Lamp still sitting on the roof all by himself but Fai made it BETTER by physically coming over and checking on him. Which implies that at the end of the last chapter, when Fai finally looked away from the metaphors of his past and looked up at the sky, he probably saw Lava Lamp up here on his own and went over to try help him feel a bit better. 
Which even on its own is such a great signal of Fai moving away from the things that used to chain him to his fate (ie, the things that he saw in his reflection), and instead actively moving towards this family he’s found and focusing on loving them instead. 
And! And this is a GREAT echo of that moment in the Hanshin republic, where Syaoran was crying alone in the rain and Kurogane and Fai used their kudan to shield him from it in solidarity. But THIS time Fai notices Lava Lamp sadly sitting by himself and HE’S the shadow that falls across him as he PHYSICALLY comes here to help him instead. 
OH THE GROWTH OF IT ALL.
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Now that I think about it this might actually be the first private conversation we’ve seen between Lava Lamp and Fai, which is a bit wild, but also a bit less wild considering WHICH arcs they’ve been through together so far. Even in Infinity Fai was either cloistered with Sakura or Kurogane, so I could be wrong, but this might be their first onscreen bonding!
And it’s going pretty good so far. Fai starts off by expressing concern over his health and Lava Lamp immediately derails it by thanking him for helping Sakura. Which surprises Fai, but then again their devotion to Sakura is pretty much the biggest thing they have in common so far. 
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Oh and THIS is fantastic. Fai has a sad smile on his face as he says that being there for Sakura was pretty much the only thing he ended up doing for her in the end, and Lava Lamp (perhaps with a note of self-derision? Or regret?) says that Fai being there for her probably helped more than anything else at all. 
Which I LOVE in the way that it visually uses Sakura in Infinity as their point of reference. Fai was constantly by Sakura’s side for those months, helping her through one of the hardest things she’s had to do, when she was forcing herself to be alone in order to save everyone else. But I ALSO love that their closeness is purely seen as a positive thing by both Lava Lamp AND Fai, showing that he doesn’t even think of the fact that “being by her side” is what technically let his curse kill her. It doesn’t even come up, he doesn’t even look conflicted about the wording. 
Fai is HEALING and he DESERVES IT. He’s no longer seeing fault in everything he’s ever done, and isn’t blaming himself for the curse that wasn’t his fault or the choices that Sakura made without his knowledge. Now he only sees it as a time that they were close and supported each other and OH that’s so encouraging to see. 
Meanwhile Fai gives him a bit of a hand hover in support, as he considers touching his shoulder 
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OH BUT HE DOESN’T COMMIT. 
ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING. 
They haven’t really had the chance to personally grow close enough for that, with everything else happening. BUT they still look toward the future together, united in their goal to save Sakura, and Fai still stands protectively over him as they look in the same direction.
OOH I LOVE THIS ALSO. 
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noa-ciharu · 1 year ago
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Imagine that at some point Sakura and Syaoran get into some bigger argument and break up temporarily (bear with me this is actually humorous headcanon). Syaoran goes back to Hong Kong for a month or so and being sort of lonely Sakura finds comfort in a new friend: male friend.
Touya sees them hanging out and goes full "nope. It's not that little brat I can't approve of this, nope nope nope, Yuki get me my throwing hands with 12yo gear I have business to attend" - and it's not like sakura is even dating this new guy. Touya can't rly talk sense into Syaoran since he's not there so he starts blabbering to Sakura how she should get back with her brat. Which makes Sakura go ??? because since when her brother liked Syaoran this much?? Touya proceeded to bully that new dude so he doesn't even dare think about wooing his sister since she's has a cringe fail bf already apperently, according to Touya. Kiddo is traumatized
Fastfoward Syaoran returns to Tokyo, they make up, Touya is happy for one whole day until he goes back soft bullying Syaoran again like he didn't throw hands with Sakura's suitor in Syaoran's place week ago
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ellayuki · 2 years ago
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we're all made of glitter and nightmares (and baby, we thrive)
Tsubasa Chronicle Month 2023
- Day 4: Fai D Flourite
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"What was he like?" Mokona asks, voice hesitantly tiny, but tinged with so much innocent curiosity that Fai can't even think to deny her an answer. He has no reason to, anyway.
Not anymore.
He hums, thinking back to the early parts of his childhood, before the valley, before so much death entered his and his brother's tiny world. 
Thinks back to days of comfortable silences and tiny, warm hands in his. "He was kind," Fai says, a rueful smile lifting the corners of his lips. "And brave. I was… a timid thing back then - yes, Kurorin, it's possible, don't be so shocked - and Fai would… he'd always hold my hand and encourage me to do things, and he'd always be beside me through everything, no matter how scary it felt."
"So he was the elder of the two of you?" 
Fai laughs, and he can feel the bridge of his nose stinging with the onset of tears. Ah, but he misses his brother so. "No. No, I'm the older one. Only by a few minutes, though. But for some reason, it never felt like it."
"I can see it," Syaoran says from where he's sitting cross-legged on the floor by Fai's feet. When Fai blinks down at him and tilts his head in question, the boy's shoulders straighten just a bit. His smile softens ever so slightly. "Fai-san feels like a big brother all the time. Kurogane-san, too, though he's an only child. It's just… maybe it's the age difference between us, but the two of you always felt like elder brothers to me… to us." He shrugs, grin going endearingly sheepish. "When you're not being all fatherly, that is."
And ah, ah, but Fai has drawn such a lucky hand, to have such a good, loving child to call his own. "Thank you for saying that, Syaoran-kun." 
Yes, he's lost more family that he cares to remember, and more than once in his long life, but Fai looks around him now, takes them all in - Mokona snuggled in his lap, Kurogane by side, Syaoran next to them, Sakura here in spirit, always, as well as their other, missing children - and marvels at how lucky he is to be here and have it all.
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meimi-haneoka · 8 months ago
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Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Special Chapter: Comments and Analysis
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WELCOME BACK, CCS FAAAAAAAAAAAANSSS!!!!!
Oh my god 3 months went already by from that December 1st and chapter 80, didn't they?? Feels like yesterday 🙈But we're finally here, finally ready for the release of the definitive, last SPECIAL CHAPTER of Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card!!!! After this, no more CCS for at least a while!!
Why do you see me so euphoric?? WELL, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE VERY GOOD REASON 😂 But let's not jump the gun and let's introduce this post properly: this time around, I won't be posting pictures to "illustrate" the analysis/commentary, because this special chapter was treated differently from the other ones. It didn't get, in fact, a free release on CLAMP's Youtube channel, in any language, and wasn't even uploaded for digital purchase on Comic Days like all the rest of the chapters. The only way to obtain it was via the April issue of Nakayoshi, either with the physical or digital version. Since it is clear to me their intention to keep this gem of a special chapter away from the internet jungle, and since lately I used only the screenshots from Youtube to illustrate my analysis, this time around I won't be posting anything (aside from the color page, which was released by the official account themselves).
AND! I won't be mixing analysis and summary, because I have already conveniently prepared some screenshots with a detailed summary of the chapter for the people who were curious to know, but didn't get to see the chapter yet or did see it but couldn't read Japanese. I have already posted these screenshots on my Twitter account, and I'll put them here too under the cut (please don't repost them around or in other social media), so you can immediately get a broad view on the content of the chapter (I don't have to point out translation mistakes, haha 😅), and then, afterwards, I'll write my commentary. And there is SO MUCH to say!!
But before starting, we can't break the tradition right at the LAST ROUND of our chapter commentaries, right?? So off we go, with the GIF OF THE MONTH!!
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Yes, I think this is the GIF that can represent this chapter the most. 😂
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The Color Page
This special chapter is composed of 33 pages, and of course I can't avoid starting my commentary precisely from the color page!!
I admit it, I hoped for a color spread with the four main characters of Clear Card (hence, including Kaito and Akiho too), but since the other two appeared with their own color page just in chapter 79, we'll gladly take this single color page with SyaoSaku too!! ❤️ The JP text reads "We've been together till now, and we will always be! Featuring a long-awaited special chapter!!" Syaosaku look absolutely adorable....and so, so happy!! Looking at us, from a wreath made of cherry blossoms, of course dressed in their image colors pink and green, in a "pair look"...I think their shiny smiles conquered the hearts of the entire fandom (saw many comments about it) and it is certainly a perfect introduction to a chapter that is, indeed, completely made of this happy, leisurely, warm atmosphere. I feel like it tastes even better, after all the anxiety they made us go through, right? I'm pretty sure that was CLAMP's goal all along, giving us this little reward after all the hard situations they've put their characters through. This color page looks like Sakura and Syaoran are saying "goodbye" to us, holding their hands in a lover's hold, but seeing them so cute and happy definitely soothes the sad feeling 🥲 Until we meet again...hopefully!
Letters From Around The World
But it's when the chapter starts that we get our first surprise: the time skip is of one entire year!!! We left our little heroes at the end of the first year of Tomoeda Middle school, ready to go in spring break and then start the second year...here, Sakura says she's in her spring break of the next year, ready to become a 9th grader!!! I almost couldn't believe they actually went that far, I knew from CLAMP's podcast that there was a timeskip, but I expected just some months! Although....I have to say the characters don't look that different, Mokona said she made them a tiny bit older and she kept true to that, because it's barely visible! 🤭 But if you compare them with how they looked at the middle of the story, of course the difference is visible.
I was so happy to see that the chapter started right away with a letter from Akiho: a letter or a videocall was definitely among the type of content I wanted to see in this chapter, because of course I still was quite preoccupied about the difficult journey Akiho and Kaito embarked on, so I wanted to see how they were faring. The amount of letters Sakura accumulated over the span of this year tells me that they moved around quite a lot, and she had always something to share with her "long-distance sister" 🤭 Kero praising Akiho's skills and even feeling some sort of "reverence" for her insane talent to find all the crazy and rare books was so funny and nice!! 😂Sakura is adorable, feeling all proud about the talent of her "sister" 🤭 Loved that they actually mentioned the place where Akiho and Kaito are currently at!! (cause they didn't reveal where they'd go first, in chapter 80, and I guess we'll never know). I appreciated SO SO much that they let us see that Akiho didn't drop, but actually continued to practice her sewing skills like she was doing before everything went down the drain with the Alice in Clockland play: moreover, finding out later that this skill is also helping her greatly with the true ambition of her life made me incredibly satisfied. How cute of her to send outfits for Kero and Suppy, even from far away??
I was quite surprised to find out that Akiho sends all the rare books to Eriol, and then laughed my as* off at Kero saying he's selling them off (the way Kero phrases it in JP makes it look a QUITE shady activity 😂). This shows there's a continued collaboration between the "group" in England and YunaAki, and it's very nice. They're not only "taking" support from Eriol, Akiho also does return the favor, providing Eriol with the books he needs.
And then....got really emotional to know that Kaito wrote a letter to Sakura, back when they left one year ago 🥲 I DID feel like some kind of acknowledgement or apology from Kaito to Sakura was missing from chapter 80 (but honestly, with everything they had to explain, where they could fit that?) and so this little mention completely fixed that sense of "he made a mess and barely managed to apologize to Akiho before leaving". Kaito isn't an ass*ole so of course he would've done something like that, and a letter seems perfect for an introvert boy of few words like him. I imagine the letter wasn't really long either. The little moon on the sealing wax...❤️The fact that Sakura is storing that single letter together with Akiho's letters in a specific box makes me almost cry. She cares for those two so, so much! 😭 Sakura wishes to receive more letters from Kaito and I really hope he will open up to her along the way, because he could benefit ENORMOUSLY from her advices and perspective! Also THANK YOU CLAMP for giving us a little "still" of those two next to eachother from the moment when they were leaving Tomoeda, with the suitcases and all 🥲that last faraway shot of all four of them together in chapter 80 was so great, but I wanted to see them like this too!
The SyaoSaku Date
Aaaaaand then we get to the long awaited, craved, coveted SYAOSAKU DATE!!! ��� I can't count how many people I've seen wishing for this....to be honest I was going to be ok with any kind of sweet moment between the two, but gotta admit that a carefree afternoon watching a stage play and then taking refreshment at a café gives this sense of normal, complete fun that was missing a bit for them. They are dressed in a very fancy way (loved that Sakura isn't wearing her usual long one-pieces but something different, with puff shorts! A sign of her growing up?) and even though they're not exactly wearing a "pair look" (too corny, maybe?), they are well matching eachother's outfits. And of course we find out that Tomoyo made Sakura's cute outfit and even the decorations on Syaoran's collar! The fact she was the one asking Syaoran to wear them at the date is kinda funny, like some sort of guidance into looking like a couple, thanks to the matching decorations! Tomoyo really takes care of everything....yes....everything. 🥲 The mention of Sakura's wedding dress of course made me go "OH MY GOD" and made me realize that if Tomoyo is already mentioning that.......we aren't *that* far away from that day (I always imagined SyaoSaku marrying early, since they're soulmates and got together so young!! 😆). Truly an emotional, sweet moment that was reinforced by Tomoyo's tender expression in the flashback. Her resolution to devote herself to learn to design even normal everyday outfits, or date outfits, everything that could accompany her dear Sakura everyday, reminded me that Tomoyo found her very own way to be with Sakura, and she's perfectly content with that. Tomoyo's happiness is seeing Sakura happy, and she will do anything to achieve that. ✨
Syaoran and Kaito's Friendship
And then my blushy blushy Sakura changes topic and suddenly throws me on the floor in a fit of laughter, because seeing Syaoran's confused look while he was trying to make sense of the pictures Kaito sent him on his phone WAS HONESTLY PRICELESS. 😆 My god, how long have I wished to see them like this? Moving their timid steps into a friendship (since their girlfriends are like sisters and Sakura literally saved Kaito's derriere), being their awkward dorky selves...they surprisingly get along so well and Syaoran doesn't seem to hold resentment towards him, which is GREAT for me!! He's learning from Sakura to just let go of hard feelings, when you've found out the person who acted in an oppositive way was just in a very desperate situation and had actually no ill intentions. And that makes me incredibly happy. Kaito needs all the support he can get, to make the right decisions in his life, and I can totally see him finding a particular connection with Syaoran, due to how they're both moon boys, who would give their life for the person they love. I think precisely for this, precisely because Syaoran can understand to a degree Kaito's situation and behavior, he wouldn't feel judged and would feel more free to establish a connection with him. I was k*lled with laughter and endearment when I saw that Syaoran felt confused, but still tried to understand Kaito's peculiar way of communicating with him 😂 And guess what? I think he doesn't realize it, but he's totally starting to get it! 😂The way our wolfie boy snaps that picture IMMEDIATELY as the cat passes by, and how he only framed the ear, really shows how in the end he's speaking "the same language" as Kaito 😂 Seeing Sakura so excitedly think to herself that the two became such good friends made me scream "SAME SAKURA-CHAN, SAME!!!" 😂 All in all, seeing these two having such a relaxed, comfortable date talking about their friends and stuff that happened lately made me completely feel that one year that elapsed, and now they act totally like a couple that's been dating for quite some time. 😊 Ooooh thank you sensei, really. Thank you so much for this scene. 🙏
The Moon Is Really Beautiful, Right?
BUT! The real reason why CLAMP will always have my heart and my gratitude is hidden in the next scene. 😂
Oh my god, the screams I've belted out when I saw them. And when I've read THAT. But let's go in order, let's go in order and not jump the gun! We're in Germany, Akiho and Kaito now seem to be living in an apartment in a nice building! They're still talking in keigo, and still calling eachother "Akiho-san" and "Kaito-san". 😊
Kaito SMILES genuinely at the picture Syaoran sent him!! And answers, to an observant Akiho, that he's having fun!! 😭HIM! The one who couldn't understand what was fun in interacting with others!!! He looks honestly so radiant and happy, a sign that his mental recovery is going strong. And that he's slowly expanding his "trusted people" network. 🥲🙏Also, he looks younger than ever!!! 😂
It made me INCREDIBLY HAPPY to see that Akiho didn't drop the "hobby" she had started in chapter 26 (ages ago!!), remember this scene?
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I remember how much I loved to know she had started learning how to do this, because together with my friends, at the time, we all thought this could easily become her aspiration in life......and guess what?? CLAMP confirmed she wants to take on a job revolving around books and book repairing!! This is all canon!! T___T oh my happy tears.... There's a sense of pride in seeing that this journey for Akiho isn't only revolving around finding the cure for Kaito's shortened lifespan (which hurt his body terribly) and restarting his "stopped time", or finding Momo and the Alice in Clockland book, but she's also got the mental resolution to do something for herself, for what she wants to do in life, something that is completely disconnected from Kaito. Again, I cannot reiterate enough how this girl doesn't have an unhealthy codependent relationship with Kaito, and she's completely capable of thinking about her own future, aspirations and wishes. She wants him with her, and she could never live happily without him, but the love of her life isn't the only thing that exists for her. It is incredibly satisfying to see her working hard for her own future, where she'll be able to contribute (especially financially) to their livelihood. I can see Kaito helping her and assisting her with that. The other day I was dreaming away with my friends about Kaito and Akiho managing a "book cafè" together somewhere, how impossibly sweet that would be?
Seeing this volitive, ambitious, strong-willed Akiho once again filled my heart immensely. And I wasn't the only one, apparently.....
Oh god, you have no idea of the SHRIEKS I belted out when I saw Kaito saying "the moon is really beautiful, right?" in full daylight. Like. It is absolutely unmistakable at this point what kind of love he feels for her, and while I always knew, I'm sure the character took his own sweet time and personal introspection to reach that conclusion. If you remember, I've always said it and reiterated it at the end of chapter 80: Kaito won't understand things overnight, it will take a long time. And one year, at that age, is enough of a long time to come to terms with one's feelings and understanding what exactly they mean. They lived all that time together as two "equals", no more butler/boss bullsh*t, so they had even more opportunities to see eachother's true colors. And Kaito couldn't help but fall even more in love with Akiho, to the point that seeing her working so excitedly for her future made him gently overflow with that feeling....and said that sweet quote of Natsume Soseki that we all know, by now, what it means. I think the mere fact that what made his heart explode was seeing her so independent and strong, is a good sign that Kaito's love for her is the healthy and supportive kind, too. He doesn't love her and feels attracted to her soul because she's a weaker, younger, malleable being that he can dominate (as a toxic relationship would portray), but at the contrary, because she's free and strong and wonderful on her own. The more he sees her shining, the more that feeling grows. Throughout this scene, he looks at her and talks to her in such an intensely sweet way, you can totally see he's smitten with her.
The most popular reply to someone who confesses with "the moon is beautiful" is the equivalent of "I could die for you/I can die happy now", in Japanese. And Kaito had been unconsciously replying that way, with his actions, the whole damn time during the serialization of Clear Card. But since he took it way too literally, things were really heading to tragedy. Nobody wanted him to die for real, and yet, subconsciously, that was the only way he had found to give outlet to an enormous amount of feels that he couldn't express (because it wasn't appropriate, and nobody would ever love him, and he only caused her pain, and he had to let go of Akiho anyway at the end of it).
So considering all of THAT, this "I love you very much" he said now (he added とても, "very", like Akiho did ❤️) in this way, makes me think even more "yes, you finally understood what was the best way to convey it!" and therefore, it represents another character development for our moon boy. 🥲
There's debate over whether he had already understood what Akiho had meant, in chapter 48. I stand firmly by my convinction that, even if he was informed of the Japanese folklore tale around it, he quickly dismissed it as "no, she's meaning it literally for the moon", since he couldn't really believe that anyone would ever take interest in him, and was sure he would've always been alone. Otherwise, if he really understood and believed that Akiho was in love with him, I don't think he could've ever said that "I thought you didn't need me to be happy". It doesn't make sense. But everything that happened at the fake moon, and all her angry tears, and all her resolution to find a way to cure him, made him finally see that she really meant it in that way. ❤️So his own acceptance and introspection could finally start, and....it brought to this. ❤️ If you want to know more about the popular phrase "the moon is beautiful, right?", I invite you to check my first Clear Card Trivia post, focused on the literary and musical references portrayed throughout this story!
And LOL, I couldn't help but noticing several things in how this scene played out: first, he immediately "runs away" blabbering about the breakfast being ready, a very similar way to how he "ran away" in chapter 52 when Akiho could see right through him and was trying to express her support and feelings to him. This is definitely an indication (taking into consideration also how he acted when he was little) that the reason why Kaito walked away back then, slamming the door, had a sprinkle of embarrassment embedded in it, too. Yeah. I mean, look at the face he's making here, just before he notices, puzzled, that his hand is shaking:
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He's smiling so tenderly, among the pain he's feeling because of his poor health. He even laughs! He's happy he heard that! But he just couldn't stay hearing any longer, back then. Now, in this scene of the special chapter, he literally throws "the bomb" and runs away without hearing her answer or reaction 😂😂😂this is definitely embarrassment, and I'd like to think there's even a hint of teasing streak that I've always seen between the lines in his personality. It came out particularly with Syaoran and Momo, but Akiho isn't excluded from this dynamic! 😂
And excuse me, but Akiho's reaction literally made me roll on the floor laughing!! 😂The poor girl is probably so used to live abroad, and Japanese folklore isn't probably coming up immediately in her mind anymore, despite it's a phrase SHE used HERSELF back then! 😂Or maybe it's because she didn't really expect it from him, and so she took a moment to connect the dots. Either way, it was extremely funny! And I can't absolutely avoid pointing out how our girl isn't blushing like mad anymore, but just slightly.... I mean. It must have been quite clear to her too, by now, that her feelings were in some kind "reciprocated", be it for what Sakura said back at the fake moon, his decision to go back to her, and his decision to reveal his true name, hence giving her his most vulnerable part of himself... This isn't a shock for her, and she probably waited patiently, patiently, for him to finally say something like this. So maybe, more than embarrassed, she's surprised that the day finally came! 🥲 Goodness. This really puts all my worries to rest, Akiho will truly be happy. And it makes total sense that CLAMP made him say this now, and not at the end of chapter 80. As I said, more time was needed. This entire scene leaves me with a sweet, soft, comfortable feeling, and it's totally how I've always imagined their relationship to be. Also....no more of that "he loves her as a daughter/sister" crap, not canon-wise at least. 😊
One last thing I have to point out about this scene, which curiously reconnects everything together, is that recently CLAMP have announced the themes to which their upcoming exhibition will revolve around: among them, there's LOVE (of course!), and among the decorations surrounding the featured character on the key visual (Sakura, for now, but there's at least another one coming!) there are a couple of birds too. Birds are, in this sense, a symbol of love in CLAMP's language. I couldn't really help but noticing all the birds flying outside the window next to Akiho, the moment Kaito says that "the moon is really beautiful, right?". Basically, CLAMP were trying to scream it all over the place, however they could. 😂
"Momo-san?!"
It was so nice to see Yukito and Kero-chan gossiping about Touya right in his face, with the complete intention to tease him 😂in that sense, Yukito really seems like a sweet and harmless character, but don't be fooled! His teasing power is over 9000!! 😂Touya's killing glare made me crack up! He's so done for, now that both Kero and Yukito can tease him in the open! 😂😂😂
But please, please, let me scream about MOMO!!! Oh my god I would've never accepted a special chapter that didn't feature her!! Aaaaahhh I'm so glad to see that she's fine 🥲 The conversation between her and Sakura made clear to me that she isn't that free to move how I imagined her to be. Certainly, she decides where to go and who the book stays with (and when to leave), but the impartiality imposed on her role doesn't allow her to act freely like she wants, unless she pays a price. And she decided to pay a price, not to see Akiho and Kaito, but to go and thank Sakura herself first. Because, as her "those kids" suggests, she of course still feels some kind of maternal instinct towards them, and as any mother would do, she wants to thank Sakura from the bottom of her heart for having helped and saved those two. Even her body language (the position of her hands) portrays that. And excuse me, but I A B S O L U T E L Y loved how CLAMP clarified once and for all, addressing directly the complaints of their own fandom, that Sakura wasn't forcingly dragged into a matter that wasn't related to her. Everything she did, she decided to do it because she felt it touched her personally. From the moment she became Akiho's friend and came to care for her, everything that happened and everything that she was involved with was related to her too. This wasn't "somebody else's business" anymore. Because Akiho is one of her most beloved friends, no matter how "fast" that happened. Some relationships bloom almost immediately, because the connection is just that strong. And so, this turned into just another expression of "your happiness is my happiness", with Sakura acting according to what her heart suggested. As Kaito is Akiho's most beloved person, Sakura couldn't help but care for him too, because doing so would've made her friend happy, in a wonderful "circulation of love".
Special mention for the scene with pregnant Lilie, oh my god I didn't really expect this either. How long ago I wrote that Tumblr post about cosmos flowers and the origin of Akiho's name? A couple of weeks ago? It's like CLAMP answered my curiosity, with this scene. I still keep my interpretation in my heart, but I also love the logic "it is a flower that keeps the same name in many countries". Of course. "Wherever you'll go, you'll always be your unique self". (And now I want to cry, mama's heart is so big😭) The way Lilie keeps her hands over her womb made me tear up. The ring isn't there anymore, a sign that she probably already gave it to Momo (understandably, since once Akiho would be born, she wouldn't really have much time left). The baby bump isn't that noticeable, probably because she's at the beginning of her pregnancy. Who knows if she kept seeing little Kaito while she was pregnant. 🥲Who knows if in the scene where she's telling him about how wonderful it is to have something you love, especially a person, she was already pregnant with Akiho. 🥲
Momo and Sakura's final words made me understand that Momo cannot go back to Akiho and Kaito till the circumstances and the moment is right. Whether it depends on Akiho's wish, or the right cosmic arrangement, it's surely not in the short term. Especially considering the limited scope of Momo's agency. It cannot come from Momo (unless she pays a huge price), it needs to come from them, strongly enough. I also want to think that, again as an acquired mother figure, Momo wants those two to find their own way, identity and figure out their relationship on their own, without her interference. I'm sure she's keeping an eye on them from faraway, though. 🥲Even though this still feels bittersweet because I wanted to see them reuniting in canon so badly, it gave me lots of hope for the future. Momo is just waiting for the right moment, and she'll be ready to embrace them when the time is right. Maybe, who knows, we'll see that reunion in another series or in a special publication in the future?
The End
And then....the final scene 🥲NOW it is finally clear what Ohkawa meant in that one Twitter Space, when she mentioned that there was a reason why they never featured Sakura's birthday!!! THEY NEEDED TO KEEP THE EXCLUSIVITY FOR THIS!! 😂 I'm so glad they did, really...it's so sweet to see her reaching 14 years old (the "standard age" of many shoujo heroines! 😂) and seeing Syaoran giving her a present, with that strikingly sweet smile full of love...but most importantly....the breathtaking final double spread 🥲🥲🥲🥲 The way she pulls his hand close to her chest, to her heart, while saying that Syaoran will be forever and ever her most important and special person.....really, this chapter is meant to k*ll us all with feels!🥲and I love how CLAMP keep finding ways to portray their physical displays of affection without resorting to the classic, most wanted (but also probably considered not appropriate yet) "kiss". The very final page is a direct parallel of a page from chapter one, where Sakura was going to school alone and looked back down the street to admire the cherry blossoms in full bloom.
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Now, she's not alone anymore, but actually hugging the love of her life on her special day! Really, what a wonderful and fulfilling way to give the final touch to this amazing story! 🥲 Her very last line also contributed to this. Sakura leaves us again, 24 years after the first ending, with words of positivity for the future, and love for her important people. This wraps everything up nicely, but it still keeps things quite "open-ended", hopefully in the eventuality to return to this wonderful series in the future. Sakura is growing up, as CLAMP wished, and it might be possible to see her dealing with more "grown-up" situations, magic and non-magic wise. But one thing is for sure, her relationship with her loved ones will always take top priority. ❤️
Well well well, we came to the end of this looooooong commentary for this special chapter too. I can't help but thank once again all of you who followed my posts all these years, and commented with your POVs on the story.
As I've said multiple times, Cardcaptor Sakura gave me so much ever since I was a kid, and this sequel was no exception. This special chapter, in particular, overflowed with things I wanted to see, and I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking so. I once again want to congratulate CLAMP for wrapping everything up nicely, and thank them from the bottom of my heart for these almost 8 years of emotional journey. 🙏
See you around with my other tumblr posts, and let's look forward to the release of volume 16 on April 1st, and hopefully, news about the anime sequel of Clear Card!!
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hoshinochikara · 2 years ago
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Tsubasa Chronicle Month | Day 2
Syaoran
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n0tamused · 20 days ago
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✶⋆.˚Deeds, not words, part 2
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Part 1 > Here
Disclaimer: As I previously mentioned in part 1, these "chapters" are not the finished product and many details are subject to change. See this as my way of publicly exploring the details of this part of Jien's story and sharing these fake screenshots of her
Content: After the Preceptors detained Jien and her subordinate, Syaoran, the two are sent down to the prison to wait for trial and the rest of the team. They talk (idk I'm bad at these short summaries), Hanya cameo
Words: 30354 (woww- much longer than my first chapter.. I was feeling quite inspired)
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The long halls climbed up around them like a throat leading them into the belly of a beast and the air was cold and disgustingly still. For a long while it was silence that accompanied them down into the prison. Jien spoke nothing, the guard only spoke in short commands - don’t touch this, follow here, don’t go there - and Syaoran was silent as well. His palms felt sweaty and he flexed his right hand, feeling the scarred tissue pull harder against the rest of his skin. He remembered when he got his hand burned and cut when he was young, and as the skin was healing it had become a habit of his to flex the fingers of his hand periodically. He had no sword now, though, no hilt to reach for, no hilt or gun handle. It bothered him, but he swallowed it all down and kept his mouth shut. 
They have given them the evidence, copied them more than once and sent one copy of the countless logs and footage to the Ten-Lords commission that held the records of team’s whereabouts for the entire last year with a clear promise that they could provide more if need be. There were holes in there too, though. Supervisor Jien seldom appeared on the cameras, but had all her logs clean, leading the High-Elder to believe the team forged her signature and reports in her name over time.
They did not, Syaoran told them, swearing they did not and would not think of doing so, telling them the process of their expeditions, their preparations and the ways they did their job. Jien simply never traveled much with them or on the exact same vessel as they did - that is all. She traveled ahead of them to make sure the road was safe, to do her own work and sometimes she'd bring one or two of them with her. But why would she travel ahead, months in advance if not to execute plans she did not wish to disclose to her team? Jien had to cut Syaoran off and  tell him to shut his mouth before things escalated further. All he could do is balk at her, anger and shock evident on his face.
‘Did you do it’ - he wished to ask as he glared at the back of her head, even if he knew the answer, his heart squeezing as the knife of unease threatened to cut his heart open. The walk felt longer than necessary. Jien didn’t speak, and he kept flexing his hand every now and then, feeling the cold of the prison seep into his bones. If she was found guilty, he was no less free of the burdens of having a criminal in his midst as he was in close ties with her as his supervisor and leader. No one would believe him differently even if he screamed it to them. 
Ahead of them he saw two figures waiting, a guard and - what he guessed - one of the judges. She looked as if she was born from the cold in the prison, pale complexion, pale gray-blue eyes and pale hair, only her clothes added color to her. She looked unfazed by their approach.
He didn’t catch onto her initial words, but as he saw her lips moving he quickly made himself listen. Hanya she said, one of the Judges at the Ten-Lords Commission.
“Your hearing was scheduled to be on the day after tomorrow, but it has been postponed due to the new information coming through” for all she did not look like, the Judge’s sigh felt heavy as she breathed it out. “The weight of your crimes has made it so that you will stand trial before the Ten-Lords Commission and the Seven Arbiter-Generals on the Xianzhou Xuling”
“..I understand, your honor. I must ask if this trial is to include my team members as well?” Jien asked, tone flat and nearly bored. She never looked so tired. Her hands crossed over her chest and she looked at the Judge alone, attention unwavering. 
“They will be put to trial. The Xianzhou Luofu has sent out a force to detain them and bring them here, but they will be judged on the Luofu and remain here until your trial is done” Judge Hanya told them, taking a brief look at Syaoran. He felt the corners of his mouth pull down, his eyes feeling heavy with unspoken irritation and unease. This trap had teeth.
He remembered the Preceptor, his ugly smile as he watched the Cloud-Knights coming to detain them two after they submitted their rich evidence. It didn’t matter to the old lizard, he barely cast it a glance before he handed the files over to the man next to him, kindly reminding them that the evidence will be looked at by all of them.
“Understood. In the meantime, we are to stay..here?”
“Yes. You will be able to talk to your subordinates once they arrive under the surveillance of a Wraith Warden. As for the.. evidence. It is currently being looked at. The Preceptors are preparing their evidence against you, you also hold the right to call upon any witnesses that may aid your favor, call upon someone that can bring you any other evidence. In terms with the protocol, these assistants will be under the protection of the Luofu”
Jien’s chin dipped for a brief pause, nodding at the Judge’s words before she straightened again with a deep sigh of her own. “Understood..”
The pale Judge regarded Jien with a final, observant look before nodding her head and turning on her heel to guide them the rest of the way. 
They were put close together into a moderately sized cell. It looked like one big room, only separated by the bars that ran at the half of it, splitting the big room into two sections. Jien was stripped of her heavy cloak and jewelry, and Syaoran as well. He missed his furred collar already, the black cloak that distinguished him as a part of the Team of Arched Archaeologists led by Jien. Not all of them wore black clothes, it was just him who had such a strong penchant for it, but the team accepted him in all his dark garbs and dark demeanor. Syaoran had begun to clasp his fur cloak with a clasp in the shape of a lily once he found out Jien favored those flowers and many others soon took up the habit with him. Kaiya became a figure he looked up to, the older man looked as young as he was, but when he revealed he was actually 140 Syaoran balked at him like he grew a second head.
Jien sat at the bench in the cell, her eyes empty as she stared at the hard cold ground.
“Miss YueXia” he called her from where he stood in front of the bars. His blood was restless, but it felt cold as it plunged through his veins and for a moment of insanity he thought he’d confess to feeling afraid and doubtful. 
She looked at him without moving her head, the darkness of her eyes nearly swallowing the white of them from his view. “Hm?”
“Why aren’t you talking? Why are you so quiet?” At their first meeting with the Preceptor she had shown her fangs,  and throughout the night as the entire team was up and awake to gather evidence and send them logs from their ship, Jien spoke to him. She told him of the protocols and what actions they might make - them and the Preceptors both - and she knew much about it. She looked angry too; it wasn’t once he thought she’d smash into the tablet and send it flying in pieces, but she never did. She poked harder at the screen at times, but otherwise she was gently treating the papers, the quill and the chair. He knew she was seething then, so would it be possible that the dragon’s anger could dissipate so quickly, now?
“Telling the judge before a trial that I am not guilty will not convince them to let me go. I’ll save my words for the trial” Jien said as she stirred her tail, rubbing up arms before she crossed them over her chest. Another heavy exhale came from her, her lips pressed together.
“Will you call for any witnesses?”
“What witnesses..?” Jien countered in a tone lower than previously, almost quizzically as she narrowed her eyes at him. “I doubt they’ll come, even if I call them,” she added after a heartbeat. Syaoran took a step towards the bars. “They will come, it is their duty to answer. You’re not inviting them to a tea party, but a trial - a trial”
“It is a duty they can also refuse - be reminded that the laws of the Luofu are not applicable everywhere..” 
“Will you call anyone as your witness?” Syaoran asked, his jaw set as he tried not to reach for the bars to squeeze them. He knew the chance of a witness being able to deny an order like this was slim, but she knew the law better than him and he wasn’t about to debate her on it.
Jien sighed and let her eyes fall shut, her tail moving from one side - over the back of her bench - until it was curled around her other. “I will. I’m just.. thinking. I hope my silence has not frightened you?”
“It has” he shot at her, but he said it so softly, without a trace of anger that he felt. He flexed his hand and licked his dry lips, looking around his small cell as Jien only looked at him blankly, swallowing the details of his face in that manner she always did, putting his face under a knife for a dissection. “I assume I will also be given the right to speak?” “Of course you will be. There are no laws restricting you there” 
“Good” He paces a few steps, then turns towards the corner to pace towards it in a slower rhythm. “I plan to speak then” he said to the walls.
“And what will you tell them? What more do you know than me of the Preceptors or my whereabouts throughout the course of last years?” She had straightened in her seat when he turned to look at her, her long hair falling down her exposed shoulders. She didn’t wear her hair down too much, but the sight made her seem relaxed, ready for bed even. 
“I know. Maybe not much about the Preceptors - this is the first time I met them - but I know you. You and your actions. I may  be new to your team, but I am no bleating sheep to fall to fear” Syaoran approached the bars that separated them again, giving Jien a weary look, something she returned gladly as a challenge - for a moment he thought he saw a ghost of a smile on her lip.
“Well that is good” she scoffed, a noise bordering on an unamused chuckle as she threw one leg over the other. “I don’t pick sheep to accompany me to faraway lands. Sheep stays where it is safe, and it is not safe where I go” she let herself be mean with her tone, Syaoran saw the way she had her lip pulled to sneer at him, showing a bit of the sharp edge of her canine. Angry, sad or disappointed or amused, Jien’s face never showed the emotions much, and when she did they were quick to fade.
She shook her head, blowing a strand of hair from her face, continuing on before he could say anything “But - sheep, wolf, lion or bird, I do not mean to throw you into the fire or the jaws of another”. She was honest, he knew and for a moment felt bad.
“I know what you may think. You saw some of their evidence as well - I wouldn’t trust me either after seeing that.. I know you are afraid, and I’m sorry about that. My words may hold little consolation, but surely my actions from before can be of some reassurance that I won’t leave you for them to skin?” Jien was looking at him with something else in her eye, a glint of sorrow or the weight of so many unspoken words. “I will see to it that you are safe”
Suddenly it dawned upon him, the implication of his words and the meaning of her silence. “You mean to confess to it?” he blurted out, horrified. “But you didn’t do it” he bit through his teeth.
Jien recoiled, shifting in her seat and putting both feet to the ground. “I didn’t” she echoed blankly, shaking her head. 
“You didn’t!” Syaoran pressed and Jien never looked at him more confused.
“Why confess to it then?” he added, his lungs feeling that familiar burn of the shortness of breath. Jien stood there, looking lost, big blank eyes staring at him - through him. He could almost hear it - why do you care - the thought held her voice, although she never uttered the words aloud.  He thought she’d say something, and he waited and waited but she just kept looking at him, peeling away the skins of his person until she got to the bone and the marrow and found no answer to her question. 
Syaoran huffed and sighed before he mustered the words to say something again. “I held doubt yes - life has taught me that I cannot trust my own mother, let alone someone I did not know for long. But I saw their evidence, but I know the truth of it. You cannot have me believe you’d kill a child or organize a whole group to undermine the Alliance as a whole - even if I didn't see ‘her’. This is the Preceptor's work” he concluded and paced down the side of the bars.  “You barely care enough for dinner, let alone this power that the Preceptors love to say is being stolen. If it is so easy to steal then it bloody well should be when they can't do so much as protect it”
“Is this your way of scolding me? Syaoran, while I appreciate your truthfulness, you will do well to keep your tone down. You don’t want the whole prison to know how you dislike the Preceptors?” she paced, slowly in a tandem with him. She didn't like his rants like this or when he yelled. She always advocated for more civil talks. “Listen… Regardless of my position in this - which we know very well” she said quickly when she saw him opening his mouth to talk. Holding her finger up she continued: “I will do my best to send you and the team back to your usual routines as soon as I can. It is me they’re targeting, their ire is with me alone. But they hope to hurt me by dragging others into this mess and they mean to shame me by making such a big spectacle of it” she talked to him like a mother to a child, a firm mother, but a mother all the same. Her head tilted from one side, trying to keep his gaze. 
“They do not know that their little tricks and attempts to scare me do not work.. Quite frankly if they so desperately wanted me to leave their precious territory I would have left long ago, but they always kept me at some arm's-length, as if to subdue me should I wish to turn around and bite. When have I bitten anyone unprovoked?” she mused, looking at the little puncture mark in his vest, where the lily would usually rest in.  “My point is - they are not as powerful as they think they are.. I just need all of their attention on me and I plan to use the trial on Xuling Xuling as grounds to dispel these claims made against me”
“But, what? You will confess if all of it comes to failure?” he inquired, tone suddenly icy. It all came back to the evidence they caught a glimpse of. Damned it all be. The woman in the footage had her face, her voice, and her reputation wasn’t all too hard to uncover. Working part time for the Intelligentsia Guild, leading a team of her own, traveling wide and far with regular disappearances when local forces were sent to track her down.. It all overlapped with Jien’s own character like an alter ego. It felt like a big, cruel joke, and the whole universe was in on it. Jien was trying to calm him, reassure him, but how could he feel at ease knowing what he knew? He was there with her when the woman wearing her likeness appeared. He was sure Jien was going to carve out his mind and scrape the memory of the encounter out with the way she looked at him - but she didn’t. She only told him to not tell anyone.
Jien sighed, turning to the side. “They will probably go forward with hearing you and the rest of the team out here first, then they’ll take me up to Xianzhou Xuling..” she trails off, she’s standing too far away for him to reach.
“Miss YueXia… The team has your back. I have your back” he told her, despite knowing two or three from the team who he could see being bought. But Kaiya, Accerly, Kaiya’s wife, who were from the Alliance; old master Noyal, Elisa, Samuel, Carwyn, and half of the team would speak truly for her. That Doctor from the Guild too, weren’t they close? - he’d speak truly, Syaoran knew but from this black cell he could seldom do anything about any of it. He had to get out. 
Jien found it hard to reply or to accept his words and she only crossed her arms over her chest again. “..Thank you.. I will do my best to untangle you from this mess. All I ask is your patience for a little longer”
Patience. Syaoran could get more of that. The time before the trial would give him ample space to think in utter quiet. He knows what to do..
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aholotte · 1 year ago
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Putting this here because I feel like it
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My profile picture for pride month is of the character Agott from Witch Hat Atelier superimposed over the Aurora lesbian, mspec gay, lesboy, and turigirl flags
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My header:
The border is the Gilbert Baker rainbow flag. Inside is a 3x3 of the ocean gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, non-binary, trans, aromantic, asexual, and queer flags. The characters on them are either canonically those identities or i headcanon them to be
Bold = canon
Gay: Rei Suwa (Buddy Daddies), Qifrey (Witch Hat Atelier), Yukito Tsukishiro (Cardcaptor Sakura), Darius Deamonne (The Owl House), Benson (Kipo), Olruggio (Witch Hat Atelier), Logs (Dead End), Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Lesbian: Homura Akemi, Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica), Amity Blight (The Owl House), Tomoyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura), Pearl (Steven Universe), Bismuth (Steven Universe), Badyah Hassan (Dead End), Rainbow Dash (MLP FIM)*, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune (Sailor Moon), Sapphire, Ruby (Steven Universe), Agott (Witch Hat Atelier)
*(I know that Rainbow was implied to be in a relationship with Applejack in the series finale, but her exact sexuality was never specified. All we know is that she’s wlw)
Bisexual: Twilight Sparkle (MLP FIM), Sunset Shimmer (MLP FIM), Luz Noceda (The Owl House), Hunter (The Owl House), Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House), Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2), Ryoga Hibiki (Ranma 1/2), Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura), Sasha Waybright (Amphibia), Touya Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura), Norma Khan (Dead End), Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Kazuki Kurusu (Buddy Daddies), Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club)
Pansexual: Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura), Willow Park (The Owl House), Pinkie Pie (MLP FIM), Fluttershy (The Owl House), Rose Quartz (Steven Universe), Shampoo (Ranma 1/2), Troy (Kipo)
Non-binary: Ukyo Kuonji (Ranma 1/2), Raine Whispers (The Owl House), Masha (The Owl House), Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club), Courtney (Dead End), The Collector (The Owl House)
Trans: Ranma Saotome, both male and female forms (Ranma 1/2), Trixie (MLP FIM), Bridget (Guilty Gear), Jenny Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot), Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom), Otis (Back at the Barnyard), Jessie and James (Pokemon), Yamato (One Piece), Alluka (Hunter x Hunter), Barney Guttman (Dead End), Nakuru (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Aromantic only: Denji (Chainsaw Man), Applejack (MLP FIM)
Both aromantic and asexual: Lilith Clawthorne (The Owl House), Peridot (Steven Universe)
Asexual only: Rarity (MLP), Todd Chavez (Bojack Horseman), SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants), Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon), Yor and Loid Forger (Spy x Family)
Queer: Matt Tholomule, Gus Porter (The Owl House), Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes), Libby Stein-Torres, Molly McGee (The Ghost and Molly McGee), Vee (The Owl House), Marcy Wu (Amphibia), Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia), Alador Blight (The Owl House), Moon Girl, Devil Dinosaur (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur)
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lilover131 · 1 year ago
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Clear Card Chapter 76 Analysis
HELLO!!!
I am so sorry for the lateness on this chapter review! I was on vacation when chapter 76 came out, and honestly…I completely forgot about my analysis after that. I made a mental note to do it when I returned from vacation, and that mental note obviously did not last (DAMN MY ADHD!!). Anyways, I also found myself busy looking into a lot of big life development things! For example, this week, I am officially adopting this beautiful fur baby and bringing her home!
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Her name is Diana, and I hope y’all don’t mind if I spam my social medias a bit with pictures of her once she is home. Here is my gif of the month!
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CLAMP never ceases to draw stunning color pages each month, and this one is no exception! I’m not surprised to see Akiho here, but I gotta say, she looks quite nice in green! I love the lily flowers in her design and it seems to be a really nice connection made to her mother, Lillie. Other than that, it seems to be a rather basic portrait of Akiho in elegant clothes.
The chapter starts with the group at Yukito’s house. The video feed from the cameras Tomoyo left them with has unsurprisingly cut out with Sakura and Syaoran entering the space where Kaito is trapped. Tomoyo asks if they just lost reception in there (I honestly find this question pretty funny), but Eriol chimes in and states that this is not the case. He lets everyone know that before the feed cut out, he did manage to see the inside of the space for a brief moment, and based on the sight of those broken clocks, he suspects this place isn’t just one with halted time, but broken time. Now, you might be wondering what this means exactly. My theory is that it means time doesn’t function normally in this space. I imagine events in time are probably twisted together or nonexistent. After all, Kaito essentially had to break time to change it, so this doesn’t really surprise me. It seems to be, from what I can tell, at least isolated to this space, but it’s unclear what kind of damage it could do if it weren’t.
Syaoran looks around at the space and tells Sakura that there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong with the watch itself and that it only looks to be broken in appearance due to the pressure placed upon it. Sakura clutches at her head and seems to wince in pain. Syaoran asks her if she is all right, and she seems to have discomfort in head. He explains to her that the spell around them is strong enough to make an influence on her physically, and when asked, he admits that even he is feeling it (Syaoran I imagine has a much higher pain tolerance and hides it well). However, it seems that without the watch to guide them, they most certainly would have gotten lost. Sakura smiles and claims that this is as if Akiho herself is guiding them.
Sakura takes the watch back now that it has seemingly served its purpose and looks the trapped dragon Kaito. She says to him that she doesn’t know how to address him since she does not know his name, but that she feels the watch in her hand has a connection to him. She tries to ask him if the watch feels connected to him purely because of having the same magic power or if he is the owner of the watch. Dragon Kaito obviously doesn’t respond, but Sakura takes the moment to ask Syaoran, who has impeccable magical senses particularly for moon magic, if the magic that made the false moon is the same magic coming from the watch. Syaoran focuses in on this and advises her that they are not of the same magic and that something is different. I’m honestly really happy to see Sakura utilizing Syaoran’s skills and knowledge here. She herself is very intuitive and able to figure out things naturally, but that can’t entirely replace the level of training and experience Syaoran has, so I’m glad CLAMP has really made use of that here. Sakura deduces that the cage itself around dragon Kaito also feels different from the magic in the watch, so she comes to the correct conclusion that he is not here willingly and is locked up in here by someone else (-cough- Squid Clan -cough-).
Looking into dragon Kaito’s eyes, Sakura senses a familiarity that she recognizes it not simply because she saw him in a dream. Moreover, she recognizes that these eyes once watched over Akiho. Sakura reaches her hand out and tells him that he can’t stay here and to come with her, but before she can proceed further, the warped clocks around them appear to react, and Syaoran is quick to move and protect her with his thunder attack.
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Meanwhile, in the Tsukishiro home, everyone is waiting patiently for some sort of update. Akiho seems to be the most focused and determined of the bunch, making sure she’s ready to go in case Sakura calls for them. Everyone smiles and Yukito says that he is happy they have each other.
Back in the fake moon space, Syaoran is fending off the attacks and tells Sakura that he doesn’t think his spells will be able to break the cage around the dragon, but he will protect her while she figures out how to break through. Sakura remembers Momo’s message to her through the RECORD card that there are other cards left behind and waiting for her to call their names. As she looks down at Kaito’s watch, she thinks about her mother’s watch and remembers seeing a card that looked just like it, though she doesn’t remember making it. She calls out for TIME and smiles seeing it, as this was a card she feels she and her mother, Nadeshiko, made together (that’s a sweet way to look at it!).
Sakura calls for the card to break the ‘cage frozen in time’, and this seems to do the trick in breaking it. It makes sense that this cage was built from time considering where they are and the very type of spell that triggered this trap in the first place. So it seems logical that time would be the thing to break it. I think even Kaito himself once said that spells could be broken more easily when you used time magic.
The cage breaks and Kaito spreads his wings in freedom! Sakura and Syaoran quickly look for an exit and starts towards it, but when they look back, they notice that dragon Kaito isn’t following them.
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However, before they get much opportunity to think about why, there seems to be an attack coming from above. And OH BOY does this attack look familiar. It actually looks to be exactly the same as chapter 33 when Kaito fended off that attack from the Clan and Association! It would make complete sense to me that this was an attack from them considering how dangerous Kaito is to them. Certainly they don’t want him escaping his punishment.
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I think things are really going to ramp up action wise in the next chapter, and I do think as well that Akiho’s part is very near. I have a feeling Kaito wasn’t just staying where he was to avoid attacks from the Association and Clan but also because he doesn’t feel he deserves to. And who of all people but Akiho could convince him of his worth and to come out? I’m looking forward to seeing how this goes and what sort of repercussions will arise from dragon Kaito entering Tomoeda!
I will try to make sure I post the next analysis soon after the next chapter comes out here and won't leave y'all hanging! I can't wait for the next one!
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